Improvement in cartridge-boxes



F. BUSH. Cartridge B0X,

Patented Feb. 10, 1863.

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' When said box rested on the bottom of the UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FRANCIS BUSH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT iN CARTRIDGE-BOX ES.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,607, dated February10, 1863.

which the same letters of reference denote the same part.

A in said drawings represents the main or outer box; B, the innersliding box; c, a perforation of the end of box A; d, a thumbshaft,supported in bearings c e, and provided with the crank-stop f workin gthrough the opening c, or operating a spring-stop, as recited in aformer patent. g is a partition, dividing the sliding box into twocompartments, provided with the bent rod g', which serves as a handle bywhich to raise or depress said inner box.

So far the construction is substantially the same as described in thepatent referred to.

Before inserting the inner box, I attach to the bottom of the outer box,at suitable intervals and in sufficient number, strips of metal c c, ofsuch width as to leave a small space, as at i i, on either side andbetween them and the outer case, A, in which the sides of the inner casemay work freely. The bottom of the inner case is perforated, as at c' c,and passed over the strips, .the upper ends of which are then secured tothe top of the outer case by means of the wire rods h h, to which saidupper ends are attached, and which may be made either straight orcurved, as shown in the drawln gs. l

The operation will be apparent from the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the drawings, the inner box beingreadily raised andlowered without obstructions from the partition-strips C C, which thusform the necessary compartments in both the inner and outer boxes.

The cross-rods h h, it will be seen, serve as stops, insuring always theelevation of theinner box to the proper point for being held by the spuror stop f.

Having now described my improvement, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

Providing the outer metallic box or case l'o aZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BUSH, of the city of Boston, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCartridge-Boxes and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section,and Figs. 2 and 3 vertical transverse sections, of a cartridge-boxembracing my improvenient.

The improvement which is the subject-matter of the present applicationis additional to and is intended to be used in connection with certainotherimprovementsiin cartrid ge-boxes, which are set forth in a patentgranted to me on the 23d day of December, 1862. In practice it has beenfound convenient to have the box divided into several compartments,lengthwise, to prevent the displacement of the cartridges. Thecompartments are of such size as to contain four or more cartrid ges,placed on end, and so arranged that they may be readily seized by theoperator in a manner most convenient for rapid use. In cartridge-boxespro vided with the innerv adjustable box, which constitutes theprominent feature of improvement set forth in the patent referred to, itwas found difficult to apply the partitions to the main case on accountof their interfering with the operation of the sliding inner box, andthe inner box only being provided with partitions.

main case, the cartridges in the first or upper tier were liable, aftera few had been removed, to displacement and disarrangement to such anextent as seriously to interfere with a rapid manipulation thereof onthe part of the operator.

To overcomethis difficulty in such cartridgeboxes is the object o f thepresent improvement, and therefore my invention consists in providingthe outer box or case with one or more partitions in such .manner thatthey shall not interfere with the free working of theinner adjustablebox within said outer box.

In order to a more perfect understanding of my improvement, I willproceed to describe the same, with reference to the drawings, whichillustrate one practical way of carrying out the same, and in theseveral figures of that they shall not interfere with the free workingof the inner sliding box, for the purpose specified.

FRANCIS BUSH.

Witnesses:

E. WoonwARD, E. A. JACKSON.

with one or more partitions in such manner

